# molli
## Central Nahuatl
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmoː.lːi]

### Noun

molli (inanimate)
* Mole.

## Classical Nahuatl
### Alternative forms

* mulli, mvlli (obsolete spellings)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmoː.lːi]

### Noun

mōlli (inanimate)
* A spiced, watery food of any kind; a sauce, stew, broth, etc.
** c1558-1561: Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros memoriales, f. 226.
    tlaçotli mvlli
       the precious sauces.

#### Derived terms

* chīlchomōlli
* chīlhuācmōlli
* chīlmōlli
* cueyamōlli
* emōlli
* epāhuaxmōlli
* mazāmōlli
* michmōlli
* mōlcaxitl
* nacamōlli
* quilmōlli
* tōtolmōlli
* tōtoltemōlli
* āhuacamōlli
* āzcamōlli

#### Descendants

* Spanish: mole
** English: mole

### References

* “molli” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2011.

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmolːi/, [ˈmo̞lːi]
* Rhymes: -olːi
* Hyphenation: mol‧li

### Etymology 1

From German Moll (“minor”), from Latin mollis (“soft, mild, weak”).

#### Noun

molli
* (music) minor, minor key

##### Usage notes

The system of naming the keys differs between English and Finnish in the ends of the scale. See entries for individual keys.

##### Declension

Possessive forms of molli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mollini
mollini
accusative
nom.
mollini
mollini
gen.
mollini
genitive
mollini
mollieni
partitive
molliani
mollejani
inessive
mollissani
molleissani
elative
mollistani
molleistani
illative
molliini
molleihini
adessive
mollillani
molleillani
ablative
molliltani
molleiltani
allative
mollilleni
molleilleni
essive
mollinani
molleinani
translative
mollikseni
molleikseni
abessive
mollittani
molleittani
instructive
comitative
—molleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mollisi
mollisi
accusative
nom.
mollisi
mollisi
gen.
mollisi
genitive
mollisi
molliesi
partitive
molliasi
mollejasi
inessive
mollissasi
molleissasi
elative
mollistasi
molleistasi
illative
molliisi
molleihisi
adessive
mollillasi
molleillasi
ablative
molliltasi
molleiltasi
allative
mollillesi
molleillesi
essive
mollinasi
molleinasi
translative
molliksesi
molleiksesi
abessive
mollittasi
molleittasi
instructive
comitative
—molleinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mollimme
mollimme
accusative
nom.
mollimme
mollimme
gen.
mollimme
genitive
mollimme
molliemme
partitive
molliamme
mollejamme
inessive
mollissamme
molleissamme
elative
mollistamme
molleistamme
illative
molliimme
molleihimme
adessive
mollillamme
molleillamme
ablative
molliltamme
molleiltamme
allative
mollillemme
molleillemme
essive
mollinamme
molleinamme
translative
molliksemme
molleiksemme
abessive
mollittamme
molleittamme
instructive
comitative
—molleinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mollinne
mollinne
accusative
nom.
mollinne
mollinne
gen.
mollinne
genitive
mollinne
mollienne
partitive
mollianne
mollejanne
inessive
mollissanne
molleissanne
elative
mollistanne
molleistanne
illative
molliinne
molleihinne
adessive
mollillanne
molleillanne
ablative
molliltanne
molleiltanne
allative
mollillenne
molleillenne
essive
mollinanne
molleinanne
translative
molliksenne
molleiksenne
abessive
mollittanne
molleittanne
instructive
comitative
—molleinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mollinsa
mollinsa
accusative
nom.
mollinsa
mollinsa
gen.
mollinsa
genitive
mollinsa
molliensa
partitive
molliaan molliansa
mollejaan mollejansa
inessive
mollissaan mollissansa
molleissaan molleissansa
elative
mollistaan mollistansa
molleistaan molleistansa
illative
molliinsa
molleihinsa
adessive
mollillaan mollillansa
molleillaan molleillansa
ablative
molliltaan molliltansa
molleiltaan molleiltansa
allative
mollilleen mollillensa
molleilleen molleillensa
essive
mollinaan mollinansa
molleinaan molleinansa
translative
mollikseen molliksensa
molleikseen molleiksensa
abessive
mollittaan mollittansa
molleittaan molleittansa
instructive
comitative
—molleineen molleinensa :

##### Coordinate terms

* duuri

##### Derived terms

* ais-molli (“A-sharp minor”)
* a-molli (“A minor”)
* as-molli (“A-flat minor”)
* b-molli (“B-flat minor”)
* cis-molli (“C-sharp minor”)
* c-molli (“C minor”)
* dis-molli (“D-sharp minor”)
* d-molli (“D minor”)
* e-molli (“E minor”)
* es-molli (“E-flat minor”)
* fis-molli (“F-sharp minor”)
* f-molli (“F minor”)
* gis-molli (“G-sharp minor”)
* g-molli (“G minor”)
* h-molli (“B minor”)
* molliasteikko
* molliseiska
* mollisointu

#### Further reading

* “molli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English mollie.

#### Noun

molli
* molly (most fish in the genus Poecilia)
* common molly, molly, Poecilia sphenops

##### Declension

Possessive forms of molli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mollini
mollini
accusative
nom.
mollini
mollini
gen.
mollini
genitive
mollini
mollieni
partitive
molliani
mollejani
inessive
mollissani
molleissani
elative
mollistani
molleistani
illative
molliini
molleihini
adessive
mollillani
molleillani
ablative
molliltani
molleiltani
allative
mollilleni
molleilleni
essive
mollinani
molleinani
translative
mollikseni
molleikseni
abessive
mollittani
molleittani
instructive
comitative
—molleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mollisi
mollisi
accusative
nom.
mollisi
mollisi
gen.
mollisi
genitive
mollisi
molliesi
partitive
molliasi
mollejasi
inessive
mollissasi
molleissasi
elative
mollistasi
molleistasi
illative
molliisi
molleihisi
adessive
mollillasi
molleillasi
ablative
molliltasi
molleiltasi
allative
mollillesi
molleillesi
essive
mollinasi
molleinasi
translative
molliksesi
molleiksesi
abessive
mollittasi
molleittasi
instructive
comitative
—molleinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mollimme
mollimme
accusative
nom.
mollimme
mollimme
gen.
mollimme
genitive
mollimme
molliemme
partitive
molliamme
mollejamme
inessive
mollissamme
molleissamme
elative
mollistamme
molleistamme
illative
molliimme
molleihimme
adessive
mollillamme
molleillamme
ablative
molliltamme
molleiltamme
allative
mollillemme
molleillemme
essive
mollinamme
molleinamme
translative
molliksemme
molleiksemme
abessive
mollittamme
molleittamme
instructive
comitative
—molleinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mollinne
mollinne
accusative
nom.
mollinne
mollinne
gen.
mollinne
genitive
mollinne
mollienne
partitive
mollianne
mollejanne
inessive
mollissanne
molleissanne
elative
mollistanne
molleistanne
illative
molliinne
molleihinne
adessive
mollillanne
molleillanne
ablative
molliltanne
molleiltanne
allative
mollillenne
molleillenne
essive
mollinanne
molleinanne
translative
molliksenne
molleiksenne
abessive
mollittanne
molleittanne
instructive
comitative
—molleinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mollinsa
mollinsa
accusative
nom.
mollinsa
mollinsa
gen.
mollinsa
genitive
mollinsa
molliensa
partitive
molliaan molliansa
mollejaan mollejansa
inessive
mollissaan mollissansa
molleissaan molleissansa
elative
mollistaan mollistansa
molleistaan molleistansa
illative
molliinsa
molleihinsa
adessive
mollillaan mollillansa
molleillaan molleillansa
ablative
molliltaan molliltansa
molleiltaan molleiltansa
allative
mollilleen mollillensa
molleilleen molleillensa
essive
mollinaan mollinansa
molleinaan molleinansa
translative
mollikseen molliksensa
molleikseen molleiksensa
abessive
mollittaan mollittansa
molleittaan molleittansa
instructive
comitative
—molleineen molleinensa :

##### Derived terms

* mustamolli
* purjemolli

#### See also

* miljoonakala

## French
### Participle

molli (feminine mollie, masculine plural mollis, feminine plural mollies)
* past participle of mollir

## Italian
### Verb

molli
* inflection of mollare:
** second-person singular present indicative
** first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Adjective

molli m
* plural of molle

### Anagrams

* Millo

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈmol.liː/, [ˈmɔlːʲiː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈmol.li/, [ˈmɔlːi]

### Adjective

mollī
* dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of mollis

## Northern Sami
### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈmolːliː/

### Verb

molˈli
* second-person dual imperative of mollat

### Participle

molˈli
* present participle of mollat

## Spanish
### Noun

molli m (plural mollis)
* Alternative form of molle (“Peruvian pepper tree”)